                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

POWERS (§ 15.2-6632)

The Authority is hereby granted all powers necessary or appropriate to carry out
the purposes of this act, including the following, to:

1. Adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its
business;

2. Sue and be sued in its own name;

3. Have perpetual succession;

4. Adopt a corporate seal and alter the same at its pleasure;

5. Maintain offices at such places as it may designate;

6. Acquire, establish, construct, enlarge, improve, maintain, equip, operate,
and regulate public access sites that are owned or managed by the authority
within the territorial limits of the participating political subdivisions;

7. Construct, install, maintain, and operate facilities for managing access
sites;

8. Determine fees, rates, and charges for the use of its facilities;

9. Apply for and accept gifts, or grants of money or gifts, grants or loans of
other property, or other financial assistance from the United States of America
and agencies and instrumentalities thereof, the Commonwealth of Virginia, or any
other person or entity, for or in aid of the construction, acquisition,
ownership, operation, maintenance, or repair of the public access sites or for
the payment of principal of any indebtedness of the Authority, interest thereon
or other cost incident thereto, and to this end the Authority shall have the
power to render such services, comply with such conditions, and execute such
agreements, and legal instruments, as may be necessary, convenient, or desirable
or imposed as a condition to such financial aid;

10. Receive and expend public funds and private donations for dredging or
construction; apply for permits in order to perform dredging projects on
waterways or to construct facilities and infrastructure within the region for
which the Authority exists, provided that such projects enhance recreational and
commercial public access; and perform such dredging projects or construct such
facilities and infrastructure;

11. In conjunction with one or both of the Eastern Shore Water Access Authority
(the ESWAA), created pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 74 (&#xA7; 15.2-7400
et seq.), and the Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority (the
MPCBPAA), created pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 66 (&#xA7; 15.2-6600 et
seq.), receive and expend public funds and private donations for dredging, apply
for permits in order to perform dredging projects, and perform such dredging
projects on waterways within the region for which any or all of the Authority,
the ESWAA, or the MPCBPAA exists;

12. Appoint, employ, or engage such officers, employees, architects, engineers,
attorneys, accountants, financial advisors, investment bankers, and other
advisors, consultants, and agents as may be necessary or appropriate, and to fix
their duties and compensation;

13. Contract with any participating political subdivision for such subdivision
to provide legal services, engineering services, and depository and investment
services contemplated by &#xA7; 15.2-6638 hereof, accounting services, including
the annual independent audit required by &#xA7; 15.2-6635 hereof, procurement of
goods and services, and to act as fiscal agent for the Authority;

14. Establish personnel rules;

15. Own, purchase, lease, obtain options upon, acquire by gift, grant, or
bequest or otherwise acquire any property, real or personal, or any interest
therein, and in connection therewith to assume or take subject to any
indebtedness secured by such property;

16. Make, assume, and enter into all contracts, leases, and arrangements
necessary or incidental to the exercise of its powers, including contracts for
the management or operation of all or any part of its facilities;

17. Borrow money, as hereinafter provided, and to borrow money for the purpose
of meeting casual deficits in its revenues;

18. Adopt, amend, and repeal rules and regulations for the use, maintenance, and
operation of its facilities and governing the conduct of persons and
organizations using its facilities and to enforce such rules and regulations and
all other rules, regulations, ordinances, and statutes relating to its
facilities, all as hereinafter provided;

19. Purchase and maintain insurance or provide indemnification on behalf of any
person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Authority
against any liability asserted against him or incurred by him in any such
capacity or arising out of his status as such;

20. Do all things necessary or convenient to the purposes of this act. To that
end, the Authority may acquire, own, or convey property; enter into contracts;
seek financial assistance and incur debt; and adopt rules and regulations; and

21. Whenever it shall appear to the Authority, or to a simple majority of
participating political subdivisions, that the need for the Authority no longer
exists, the Authority, or in the proper case, any such subdivision, may petition
the circuit court of a participating political subdivision for the dissolution
of the Authority. If the court shall determine that the need for the Authority
as set forth in this act no longer exists and that all debts and pecuniary
obligations of the Authority have been fully paid or provided for, it may enter
an order dissolving the Authority.
			Upon dissolution, the court shall order any real or tangible personal
property contributed to the Authority by a participating political subdivision,
together with any improvements thereon, returned to such participating political
subdivisions. The remaining assets of the Authority shall be distributed to the
participating political subdivisions in proportion to their respective
contributions theretofore made to the Authority.
			Each participating political subdivision and all holders of the
Authority&#8217;s bonds shall be made parties to any such proceeding and shall
be given notice as provided by law. Any party defendant may reply to such
petition at any time within six months after the filing of the petition. From
the final judgment of the court, an appeal shall lie to the Court of Appeals.

HISTORY: 2005, c. 842; 2018, c. 327; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 489.